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Looking for a zippy way to get around town? Sure, you could buy a car, or a bike, or maybe even a Segway, right? Well what about a bed on wheels? At least that way you could take a nap if you get stuck in traffic, right?
Auto-modder Edd China of Cummfy Banana has fabricated…
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November 3rd, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods interactive strange + wonderful
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While it’s not really an accurate reenactment of the way Sonic the Hedgehog plays, this slot car racing set still looks like it could be fun for at least 3 or 4 minutes.
The set comes with a pair of wired remote controls, and wheeled versions of Sonic and Tails to race around the 4-foot…
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November 1st, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: cool toys retro video games
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Seen on the streets of southern Georgia, this Mr. Pac-Man car is definitely a looker.
Actually, that’s Mr. Pac-Man to you, sir. This over-the-top red and yellow 1996 Chrevrolet Caprice is decked out with custom Pac-Man leather seats.
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November 1st, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun
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Developed by researchers at MIT’s SENSEable City Lab in cooperation with Audi, AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent) is a drivers’ companion that offers useful information while interacting in a “socially appropriate and informative way.” AIDA will be mounted on a car’s dashboard, where it’s “face” will be visible to the driver.
As you can see…
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October 30th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: future tech gps + navigation interactive mobile tech robots strange + wonderful technology
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Man, these are smartphones indeed. The wise – and probably bored – folks at the University of Berlin made a one-of-a-kind iPhone app which they called iDriver, which allows them to control a Honda Civic via Wi-Fi. But it’s not like our German friends just coded the app and then began playing real-life Hot Wheels;…
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October 19th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: computing cool toys gps + navigation hacks + mods just plain fun mobile tech technology
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When is a computer not a computer? Maybe when it’s a car. What you’re looking at here is a series of desktop computers modeled after the Dodge Charger SRT8. Why make a computer that looks like a car? You could just as easily ask “why not?”
The PCRides Dodge Charger SRT8 PC is an officially-licensed…
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October 6th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: computing just plain fun technology
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The Pronto4 strap-on kit from Utah-based Kairos Autonomi can turn any ordinary vehicle into an autonomous and unmanned one, able to follow waypoints and can go as fast as 90 mph. Of course, users also have the option to control their vehicles remotely. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could race F1 cars using a…
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August 21st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: gps + navigation hacks + mods mobile tech robots technology
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Nobody wants to get in a car crash. But if you have the misfortune of ending up in a fender-bender – or worse, wouldn’t you like to have a video documenting the entire thing for insurance or legal purposes?
Well now you can, thanks to this little bit of modern technology from Korea’s Selfic Technologies.The…
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August 12th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging gadgets gps + navigation mobile tech technology
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Why have I not read about this before? The ParaJet SkyCar, invented by Giles Cardozo, is the world’s first street legal FLYING CAR.
As in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flying Car, except that it uses a nylon “Paramenia Reflex” wing to control its flight. The car is able to fly thanks to its gigantic back-mounted…
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July 26th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: cool toys design future tech just plain fun strange + wonderful technology
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Graphic designers Pierre Smeets and Damien Aresta, known collectively as pleaseletmedesign, teamed up with professional race car driver Stef van Campenhoudt to…create a font. But hey, if you were given the choice between sitting in front of a computer all day and watching a pro racer trace Qs and Zs to make a font, you’d…
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July 22nd, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: design just plain fun strange + wonderful technology
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What would you say if I told you that your next car could run on air instead of gasoline, and that it would produce zero pollution? The MDI AIRpod might just bring that promise to reality when it hits the streets later this year.
The subcompact AIRpod runs on compressed air instead of traditional automotive…
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June 30th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: future tech strange + wonderful technology weird science
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How many times have you said to yourself: “I really, really wish I could cook a pizza while driving.” Well have I got something for you.
The Porta-Pizza oven could be just what the doctor ordered. This 12-volt pizza oven looks almost like an April Fools prank from The Onion, but it’s real. Now I’d be…
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June 24th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets just plain fun mobile tech strange + wonderful technology
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